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You're right that Mykage didn't have anything directly to do with Mikono chasing Fudo and Amata not going with her (...that we know of....), but in EVOL we have to grant a certain leeway for "just as planned" antics and this falls within that range to my tastes.

Oh well, who knows. Maybe Zessica's wish will be spelled out and maybe it'll be left open-ended.

Replaying it in my mind I wonder if we're reading more of a quid pro quo into the conversation than was really implied. Wasn't just a very vague "I'll grant you this wish. Don't forget this promise?" type sentence anyways?

Point being that the gist of the conversation might be more an implicit statement that "if you play along with what I'm up to your wish will come true...(and for insurance I have this thing in your forehead, mmmmkay....)". So no "you owe me one", just a "you should play along with me for your own sake...watch for the signs my plan has started".

Time to rewatch this episode I think.

Spoiler for I see what you're going with:

As the spoiler tag indicates, I see what you're going with and I can agree that it may just be that. We'll have to see.

There is probably a quid pro quo and her wish was probably to get the gate opened, but there's room for ambiguity. I see how I came away with the impressions I had but it seems pretty clear there's some kind of quid-pro-quo at work beyond just "going along with my plan". It's too bad, too, because I really like the "just go with the flow, Zessica" interpretation I came up with, but it seems like it's probably not right.

More specifically, I forgot that there are two scenes that reference the wish, promise, and so on.

First, there's the scene in Zessica's dorm that has Mykage interact with her. That scene is actually quite a bit heavier on the implied quid pro quo than I remembered it, but in isolation it isn't 100% *incompatible* with the "go with the flow" interpretation, particularly due to how open-ended the wish and the promise are (specifically: other than there being a wish and a promise there're no other concrete details about either).

But then there's the later scene with Mykage standing around outside his palace overlooking the gate he just opened. This scene doesn't 100% *eliminate* the "go with the flow" interpretation, but it does go against it pretty strongly. Unless I misunderstood it, what Mykage has to say right there is "I granted it, I granted the wish...I opened the gate, I gave that green-hair her 'heart's desire', and at some point I'll expect her to keep her promise". (What I'm calling 'heart's desire' is phonetically 'kin' which I assume is 金 used non-literally, but I recognize I could be miles off on that whole segment...).

Now, strictly speaking, that doesn't completely eliminate the "go with the flow" interpretation, but it does seem like it deals it a pretty heavy blow in terms of its likelihood. I still don't like the idea that Zessica's wish was to open the gate, and even if we modify that to "get to Altair / leave Vega" I still don't like it that much.

If we leave it as get with Amata or its 1st cousin "hook Mikono up with Kagura so I can get with Amata" then it's a rather roundabout strategy as we've already gone through.

So, yeah, on the balance as much as I liked the "go with the flow" idea on a rewatch it just doesn't seem well-supported by the facts. I don't think it's 100% ruled out, but it's probably at least 98% ruled out now.

Does Mykage know that Mikono went to find Fudo and try to let Kagura go after her??? If Mikono is able to change Kagura and let him be free from Mykage's control then he would be ally for Neo-Deava.
He pretty strong element user and able to turn Mix back into a girl (...too bad she got brainwashed). Probably Mikono will probably love Kagura even more then.... well maybe not since there might be a death flag for Kagura sooner or later.....

Does Mykage know that Mikono went to find Fudo and try to let Kagura go after her??? If Mikono is able to change Kagura and let him be free from Mykage's control then he would be ally for Neo-Deava.
He pretty strong element user and able to turn Mix back into a girl (...too bad she got brainwashed). Probably Mikono will probably love Kagura even more then.... well maybe not since there might be a death flag for Kagura sooner or later.....

I think Mykage knows where Mikono is headed. It's not like his feathers would appear by her ship for no reason. And then he says it's now "Kagura's turn".. .. Run while you can Mikono..

I'm just going to ignore the whole picture in the glass scene because mykage poping out after that has troll written all over it. This might as well be Touma convincing silvie in the OVA that she was Scrop. Everything Mykage does has got "planned in advanced" feeling to it.

As for the earlier posts I really doubt mikono and kagura with fudo will unlock (or find) the Legendary Aquarion. I could see Alicia finding it before they do... after the reunion with amata of course =) and shortly after that Izumo doing something stupid.

Just for kagura to magically have something to do with Aquarion (or legendary aquarion) only does not seem relevant but not even needed. If anyone knows anything about where the Legendary Aquarion is, it will be Amata. Amata is the key to anything having to do with Aquarion.

I like the whole Kagura is a girl theory because that would mean he's a girl which = him loving mikono = Lesbian = Amata with three girls possibly ( >.< ) (mikonoxzessicaxKagura)... And if kagura is a twin of Amata that means he would have to be fraternal twin cause they look nothing alike lol... but somehow I don't see this being true but a nice fantasy.

I've been thinking since episode 2 if we buy the whole (amata/Kagura) both apollo then it would only make sense that they were related in some way. And later in episode 6ish when he said he couldn't smell him, all reasons to think there related. Same as Sirus and Silvie (brother and sister sharing one wing). But myakge's refrence to seed being droped years ago instead of "seeds" makes me inclined to think otherwise. Also Izumo doesn't treat Kagura like a son.

also wtf was with the trail of feathers flying by mikono on the boat? that better had not been Kagura and that was just Mykage unlocking the portal but I'm not sure.

It may actually be that Mix's transformation was CAUSED by Kagura's reverse on Mikage's orders. Mix wasn't the girl Mikage wanted and he ordered Kagura to sabotage it so that they would have an excuse to keep attacking to get the one that they do want. Perhaps the only way to fix it in this case is to either force Kagura to fix it himself (unless Mikono asks him, this a far shot) or killing Kagura.

Then again this could just be a troll and this Mix is actually a separate version that was originally from Altair and the Vega Mix is locked up somewhere.

First part of the episode was boring.
So that's why Iguras become unusable, because they become men.
Shrade said something about old woman's grief. They said in one of the episodes that Altair's artificial surviving system was created by Izumo's mother.
After all Zessica's wish was very simple "Open the gates to the other world". Interesting what's the price of it.

So, this ep, Kagura is shown sitting on Amata's bed in Amata's old room. At this point I think it's dead certain that Kagura is strongly related to Amata in some way, and not just via reincarnation shenanigans. They're probably the same person. If not, they would need to be siblings, or Kagura would need to have had some sort of interesting Amata imprintation done.

- Amata felt he knew Kagura from somewhere
- Kagura said Amata didn't smell of anything
- Mykage described Alicia's child as having flaxen hair (like Amata) and gold eyes (like Kagura)
- The first ending sequence shows Amata and Kagura posed on opposite sides, both caught in thorns (the larger version of the pic shows Amata's leg wrapped in thorns), with the same circles by them.
- The first opening shows Amata and Kagura looking opposite ways, then having their faces move to the opposite side of the frame where the other was before, overlapping along the way.
- The second opening shows half of Amata's face and half of Kagura's together.
- And now Kagura is at Amata's old home on Vega, sitting on his bed. If the reason turns out to be "Mykage told me to sit here to confuse the audience", I will be very disappointed.

We do know now for certain that Altair has top-notch brainwashing facilities. Mykage seemed to have so many abilities that I would have betted he could do it himself anyway, but this is still proof, and could be foreshadowing about Kagura. (Hell, for all we know, Amata's been brainwashed.)

Anyway, about the rest of the ep: I thought it was good. Crea has amazing Fudo-interpretation skills, wow. Andy was okay this ep (perhaps a little annoying...), and I adored Mikono, although I wish she'd just told Amata what she wanted to rather than saying she'll wait until she gets back. It would've fitted much better if she'd said it then, but of course she wouldn't, because then the writers wouldn't be able to continue to drag out the plot. Anyway, Mikono was pretty damn cool this ep for finding the guts to leave to find Fudo. I'm not sure what good it'll do: Fudo seems very well informed about everything that's going on. Eh, I suppose that means he's planning for Mikono to go with him, then. He'll need her to help pilot the original Aquarion.

The MIX-Y thing had to happen after that episode title got revealed, because it explains perfectly why MIX's name was spelt weirdly in all-caps. A little odd that male MIX (whatever name s/he was given by Altair) looks and sounds so feminine, but maybe if a few years passed like that, MIX-Y would grow more manly? I'm sort of relieved that she got brainwashed, since it means she didn't have to suffer through knowing what was happening to her at the time. Turning into a guy would be a nightmare for her. But she'll definitely get her memory back in the end.

I'm really sorry to see what a hash the writers are making of Zessica. They've turned her entire existence into feeling that there's nothing left for her if Amata doesn't want her. Even her angst session this ep was mostly about that, rather than feeling guilty about MIX. And now Mykage has her in his clutches in some way. I hope she'll get the chance to shine again before the show is over. If only the writers had spent a little of her angst-time on backstory for her instead.

Speaking of Zessica, if what the staff said about the first ending sequence showing some characters as they once were/as they are now/as they will be in the future, I think this ep makes it far more likely that she's being portrayed in the ending as she is now, because it shows a mirror and mirrors have featured so largely for her in the plot.

The Yunoha ending sequence is gorgeous visually, but since the singing is being done in-character, it leaves something to be desired. And it seems a waste to be dedicating the ending to just two side characters and a plot that's already been resolved. It can only have been done because of the unexpected Jin/Yunoha popularity. I suppose it's better than nothing to give to fans whose favourite character/ship got cut off so quickly. It does seem a bit silly sometimes, though. This ep the scene where an image of Jin appears on Altair for Yunoha, it just seemed like a matter of "We must appease the Jin fanbase. Quick, make a static image of him smiling appear!"

The big reveal about women captured on Vega turning into men on Altair is fun. It means that any of the guys on Altair could have originally been women. I was worried when Zessica started coughing and saying her throat hurt that perhaps she was going to get ill (that is, the sort of ill that would mean she'd eventually die if she stayed on Altair). But then, after that she started holding her lower abdomen...so maybe she was only going to turn into a guy. It's going to be weird if we see male versions of Zessica and Yunoha, that's for certain. But it would be a lot better than them getting ill and incapacitated.